Monday, 25 March 2013

RUNNINZZ FM REAL TALK: Sublow Substep

RUNNINZZ FM's REAL TALK aims at promoting the emerging and established artists in Northampton scene. This week: SUBLOW SUBSTEP

Sublow Substep is a dubstep and drum n bass producer from Northampton who I found out about last year. One of the first tracks I heard was the heavyweight bass classic "Kush Not Haze" (http://soundcloud.com/djkeenonn3dubhead/sublow-substep-kush-not-haze [2012])
which was a regular track on my playlist, not because of its name but because of its grimey, brash and metallic sounding brutalness. Defo one of the dubstep tracks of 2012.

SS note's jungle godfathers Mickey Finn, Andy C and LTJ Bukem as his influences, each DJ with their different takes on a vast jungle sound from the early 90s (b-boy, jump up and atmospheric respectively). In dubstep, SS classes J:Kenzo as his main influence, especially Kenzo's insight into dark vibes and heavy rolling subs.

A love for bassline, Sublow Substep began DJing in 2000 and currently adopts the philosophy on present technologies as "not being able to beat vinyl" in a world of digital and Virtual mixing. He also credits Dirty Dazzler / Dirt Mgrit as one of the top guys in Northampton as well as dubstep producer TSBeats.

What next for SS?

I would love to see an EP drop this year. Sublow Substep's workrate is one that implies intricate perfection over quantity of tracks, as a producer myself, this is a difficulty as sometimes you just wanna get a track finished!

I would also recommend any budding MCs get on a Sublow Substep beat. One thing I never got with dubstep crossing into the mainstream is the lack of grime MCs willing to give it a chance aside south-west London crews such as OG'z and Family Tree.